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Study Urges CIOs To Choose Open Source First

Posted by samzenpus on from the first-and-free dept.

littlekorea writes "A new study has urged CIOs to consider open source over proprietary software or public cloud services when replacing legacy gear. But the study's author, Professor Jim Norton, warns that open source won't be a cure-all for some companies. From the article: ' Open source software, Norton said, provides enterprise IT with easier access to innovation via a "great global self-re-enforcing community of shared resources, ideas and development." That same community provides a faster response to changes in customer preferences communicated on social networks or via business analytics, and faster resolution of common system problems.'"

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  1. Logical Fallacy Bias by oakgrove · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about studies of AC first posters with nothing worthwhile to say resorting to the predictably boring ad hominem?

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    The soylentnews experiment has been a dismal failure.
    1. Re:Logical Fallacy Bias by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hur dur. Yeah, railing against Slashdot for not showing the studies you want to see rather than arguing against the study highlighted if you disagree is pretty much textbook example of an ad hominem. Keep trying though, sparky.

    2. Re:Logical Fallacy Bias by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      A statement of fact is not an ad hominem.

      Republicans usually act like it is.